Auckland property investor Ian Crayton is emphatic about the treatment he says he and other landlords have received from HNZ after signing up to its Home Leasing scheme. 30-12-2010 more >>
Inaccurate rating valuations have left some Hutt City commercial property owners facing excessive rates payments, claims Bayleys Valuations Chris Orchard. 29-12-2010 more >>
Although there has been some recovery in the housing market, though sales remain low and a mood of cautiousness remains, according to the latest ANZ Property Focus. 22-12-2010 more >>
Government changes to tax legislation replacing the Loss Attributing Qualifying Company (LAQC) regime amounts to “a complete abuse of process and amazing arrogance and sloppiness,†claimed Labour Revenue spokesman Stuart Nash. 21-12-2010 more >>
The way people behave when houses become less and less affordable can have a dramatic impact on how many houses are needed to satisfy demand, Strategic Risk Analysis managing director Rodney Dickens says. 20-12-2010 more >>
Mortgagee sales have decreased in the last quarter, and the focus has moved from property investors to ordinary homeowners, according to Terralink International figures. 20-12-2010 more >>
Housing market activity continues to slow, house prices may fall further in the near term and floating rate mortgage debt has hit a near decade high, according to the latest Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Statement. 15-12-2010 more >>
Confidence about the economy in a year's time has slipped slightly and the residential real estate and commercial property sectors remain ‘moribund', according to the latest BNZ Confidence Survey. 14-12-2010 more >>
A late spring surge in the residential property market has lifted the level of sales back above 5,000 and the national median price up to $360,000, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) November report. 14-12-2010 more >>
The Reserve Bank left the OCR rate unchanged at 3% and forecast limited rises over the next two years, citing concerns the low rate was failing to provide a boost to the economy with below average corporate investment intentions and a weak housing market. 09-12-2010 more >>
Proposed new rules confirmed today as part of the wider tax shake-up will eliminate landlords’ and businesses’ ability to claim depreciation on buildings and tighten the rules for LAQCs. 07-12-2010 more >>
New Zealand property values are beginning to stabilise, though sales volumes remain relatively low, according to the latest QV residential property indices for November. 07-12-2010 more >>
Confidence in the housing market continued to fall over the three months to October, with tax changes regarding investment property adding to the cautiousness towards housing as an investment option, according to the latest ASB Housing Confidence Survey. 02-12-2010 more >>
The seasonally adjusted number of new housing units authorised, excluding apartments, has fallen for the fourth consecutive months to the lowest level since July 2009, Statistics New Zealand has said. 30-11-2010 more >>
News the government is to abolish gift duty – confirmed by Revenue Minister Peter Dunne – may not mean the end of the current system for transferring property assets into trusts. 30-11-2010 more >>
The problem definition of a land investment product finally has some clarity with a proposal to make the definition narrow around complex land investment schemes rather than broad capturing basic investment. 27-11-2010 more >>
The housing market continued to weaken in October, with the ANZ Property Focus reporting the lowest number of sales for any month of October since the series began in 1992. 23-11-2010 more >>
Housing market sales during October are down by as much as 46% on the year earlier in some parts of the country, according to the latest Harcourts MarketWatch figures. 22-11-2010 more >>
A gradual slowing of the decline of commercial property capital values market is helping deliver improved investment returns, according to the Investment Property Databank. 19-11-2010 more >>
The traditional springtime rise in residential property sales has failed to materialise so far this year, though the national median price is holding firm at $350,000 according to the latest REINZ monthly house price index. 11-11-2010 more >>
Housing market activity has weakened ‘considerably’ over the past year and house prices could decline further, according to the Reserve Bank’s Financial Stability Report. 10-11-2010 more >>
Property investors have given a lukewarm welcome to the launch of the Homestar property ratings scheme, citing costs and the possibility of compulsory accreditation as problematic. 10-11-2010 more >>